Re: More patch 2.5.9 hacking

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
> Date: 22 Oct 2003 09:19:57 -0700
> 
> My own feeling is that the mainline code shouldn't have to worry about
> CRLF issues; it should just use '\n'.

Text-mode I/O, which is the default in the DJGPP port, achieves
precisely that.

> In general, people should import files
> correctly rather than modify all their tools to deal with bad files.

I agree with the goal, but my experience has taught me that in
practice it is very hard to achieve that.  So if we have an easy way
to deal with that nuisance without adding too much cruft to the
mainline code, our users will thank us.